The Forge
August 2007 and the film crew have arrived. These are MRRC figures which arrived unpainted so I let better half do the business. Also in picture is an amateur snapping the film-makers at work and hoping that he will get in the frame at some time!
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The tree is made from moss on just the trunk of a Britains Floral Garden tree which I found in a scrap box at a model railway exhibition. I put the moss on to make the canopy and really must get round to doing it properly. At the moment it is just draped. |
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It is lit inside and the forge fire has a red bulb laid in a dip in the "coals" which gives a very good glow. The figures inside the forge are Britains - modern recasts - while the two visitors are Preiser. Horses are a mixture of old and modern Britains, Timpo and other, unidentified makes but they are all different and make a good show. |
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A closer shot of the interior with the roof off. The resident blacksmith, George, has returned and is making a part for the old Fergie now parked outside. (Yes, things change)
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The
Forge is built of Bayko and has a paper floor laid in the same
way as the dairy with a cobbled floor instead of slabs. Post and
rail fences are hand-crafted from bamboo skewers. 